I'm sure this guy is joking ;) On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Russell Keith-Magee <freakboy3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 8:09 PM, igorlash <igorl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> But if you take a look at Makefile you will find that this file has >> only creating folders and running processes. So make isn't used as >> real build tool in django. > > If this is what you believe, then you either don't understand what > make does, or you don't understand how to read make files. Either way, > I suggest doing some reading and experimentation. > >>> Make was used because it is suited to the task, is free, is widely >>> available, and is widely understood as a build tool. >> >> Make is widely understood between C++ developers. (I used to develop >> in C++ that's why I know something about make). I looks like decision >> to use make was taken by C++ developer in past. So if this decision >> were taken by java developer , every user of django would know ant. >> Correct ? > > Rubbish. Make is widely understood by anyone that has spent more than > 30 minutes working with Unix, or has graduated from a CS course at any > halfway decent university. > > Even if this wasn't true - you don't need to understand make files to > use them. If you're using a unix system, you won't even need to > install make - in all probability, it's already installed. Typing > 'make html' really isn't that hard. > >>> there isn't an existing pure Python >>> build system that has anywhere near the level of acceptance and >>> availability as make. >> >> http://www.scons.org/. > > You are going to stand there and say, hand on your heart, that scons > has the same level of community acceptance and availability as make? > > The core developers, myself included, aren't going to spend effort > rebuilding a build system that works _perfectly well_ right now, just > to satisfy your dislike of Make. Like it or not, Make works, it is > widely understood, and it's available everywhere. Even if Ant and > Scons were good tools, they simply aren't available as part of the > default OS install in the same way that make is. > > I have no interest in going round and round discussing a decision > that, quite frankly, doesn't matter as much as you seem to think it > does. I've explained our reasoning, and explained our intentions. > Barring some stunning contribution, I'm going to stop responding to > this thread. > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) > > > >
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